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ROBERT WAYNE ODONNELL
Private · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – March 12, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Odonnell, of Cheboygan, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Cheboygan, Michigan (Cheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 30
- GARY WILLIAM PERKINSCaptain · March 12, 1968
- ROBERT COLQUITT PLEMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 12, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT ROBISONCaptain · March 12, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
From Cheboygan
- LE ROY HARLAND CHARBONEAUCorporal · July 12, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS CONNORSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
- STEVEN BRUCE LAVIGNELance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD L BLASKOWSKISpecialist Four · December 4, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.